Why do these groups always want to practice their theories on taxpayer dollars? Whether we're talking about neo-con theories about democracy in the Middle East, failed so-called anti-AIDS theories in the developing world, teen pregnancy programs in America and now these programs in the corrections systems, the right wing extremists are given free reign to practice their theories which besides being expensive, continue to be massive failures and often are connected with the deaths of thousands.
Isn't it about time they go practice on themselves and leave everyone alone? Why are taxpayers from a country that supposedly has a division between government and religion, asked to fund these programs over and over? Let them preach and do whatever it is that they're supposed to be doing, but not on taxpayer dollars. Is it so hard to get back to the American tradition of separation of church and state?
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Sunday, December 03, 2006
2 percent avocado in Kraft guacamole?
Revolting. And this is supposed to be food? From the company that churns out Velveeta and Cheez Wiz, now they are offering an equally delicious guacamole that does to guacamole what they've managed to do to cheese. Why use the usual ingredients when soy bean can be mushed into any form or consistency? Throw in some food coloring and artificial taste and you are set to go.
"I found there was almost no avocado in it," she said. Most of the paste, she claimed, was made from hydrogenated soya bean, coconut oils, corn syrup, whey and food starch, with 2 per cent avocado.NOTE FROM JOHN: Don't go knocking Velveeta until you've tasted Velveeta/salsa nachos or grilled cheese :-) Read the rest of this post...
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Second Washington Post column discusses whether Bush is the worst president ever
That's two opinion pieces in one day.
[T]he truth is, after six years in power and barring a couple of miracles, it's safe to bet that Bush will be forever handcuffed to the bottom rungs of the presidential ladder. The reason: Iraq....Read the rest of this post...
The problem for Bush is that certitude is only a virtue if the policy enacted is proven correct....
At first, you'd want to compare Bush's Iraq predicament to that of Lyndon B. Johnson during the Vietnam War. But LBJ had major domestic accomplishments to boast about when leaving the White House, such as the Civil Rights Act and Medicare/Medicaid. Bush has virtually none. Look at how he dealt with the biggest post-9/11 domestic crisis of his tenure. He didn't rush to help the Gulf region after Hurricane Katrina because the country was overextended in Iraq and had a massive budget deficit. Texas conservatives always say that LBJ's biggest mistake was thinking that he could fund both the Great Society and Vietnam. They believe he had to choose one or the other. They call Johnson fiscally irresponsible. Bush learned this lesson: He chose Iraq over New Orleans....
When 9/11 happened, Bush did too much, attacking the wrong country at the wrong time for the wrong reasons. He has joined Hoover as a case study on how not to be president.
Sunday Talk Shows Open Thread
Iraq and politics. We'll have to see how the politicians and pundits deconstruct Bush's disastrous week in Iraq:
ABC's "This Week" - Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind.; Gov. Tom Vilsack, D-Iowa; actor Richard Dreyfuss.Provide some real commentary, please. Read the rest of this post...
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CBS' "Face the Nation" - National security adviser Stephen Hadley; Sens. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.
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NBC's "Meet the Press" - Hadley; Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and John Warner, R-Va.; former President Carter.
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CNN's "Late Edition" - Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Prince Turki al-Faisal; Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and John Kerry, D-Mass; U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad; Iraqi Industry Minister Fawzi al-Hariri.
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"Fox News Sunday" - Sens. Joseph Biden, D-Del., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer; Incoming District of Columbia police chief, Cathy Lanier.
So Rumsfeld is not a complete idiot
The Gold Medal winner concluded "two days before he resigned" that the war was failing. Wow, he truly is a genius. Yes, he does deserve credit for coming to this conclusion even though just about everyone in America, not to mention the world, was there well before the guy who was running the show.
The right wing crazies have already helped us understand that the Iraq failures have nothing to do with Bush, Cheney & Rummy at all because we know how perfect they are at all times. The hottest theory in crack pot land these days has concluded that it's all the fault of America. Here's the guilty party for the wingnuts. Please, keep blaming Americans for a few more years or at least until 2008 because I think it sounds like a winning strategy. Read the rest of this post...
The environment has been receiving a free ride for too long
It's time it pitches in a bit, so thinks Bush. After everything he has screwed up, does he really deserve to have any say in anything beyond ordering a box of pencils for the White House? I used to not understand people here who liked Chirac because "he does nothing" but it all makes so much more sense now.
President Bush is deciding whether to lift a ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters off Alaska's Bristol Bay, home to endangered whales and sea lions and the world's largest sockeye salmon run.Sorry, but prices will need to be a hell of a lot higher for this to make sense and as production goes up, prices will surely fall. Outside of more corporate welfare, this is another plan to nowhere. Think Iraq, or think Katrina, except it will be the environment paying the price. Can't he just do nothing? Read the rest of this post...
Leasing in a portion of the area rich in oil and natural gas ended nearly two decades ago while Bush's father was president in the outcry after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989.
But with natural gas prices higher, the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service proposed reopening up the North Aleutian Basin. That includes Bristol Bay and part of southeastern Bering Sea.
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